Night of Champions (2011)

Night of Champions (2011)
Night of Champions (2011)
Tagline(s)	It's a Night You Will Never Forget
Theme; song(s)	"Magika" by Two Steps from Hell
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	September 18, 2011
Venue	First Niagara Center
City	Buffalo, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
Night of Champions chronology

Night of Champions (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) show made by WWE. It took place on September 18, 2011, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.^[1]^[2] It was the fifth Night of Champions event held by WWE. It was also the first PPV following the end of WWE's first brand extension. Eight matches happened on the card, six of which were title matches.

Matches

No.	Results^[3]	Stipulations	Times
1^D	Daniel Bryan defeated Heath Slater	Singles match^[4]	5:13
2	Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) (c) defeated The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) by disqualification	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship^[5]	9:50
3	Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Ted DiBiase	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship^[6]	9:43
4	Dolph Ziggler (c) (with Vickie Guerrero) defeated Jack Swagger, Alex Riley and John Morrison	Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship^[7]	8:19
5	Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton (c)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship^[8]	13:06
6	Kelly Kelly (c) (with Eve Torres) defeated Beth Phoenix (with Natalya)	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship^[9]	6:26
7	John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez)	Singles match for the WWE Championship	17:32
8	Triple H defeated CM Punk	No Disqualification match Had Triple H lost, he would have resigned as COO.	24:10
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

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